The impact of parent involvement on effective secondary school governance in the Breyten Circuit of Mpumalanga

Abstract:

The decentralisation of governance in South African schools as embodied in the South
African Schools Act 84 of 1996 has placed considerable responsibility in the hands of parents for the governance of schools through the School Governing Bodies. In the light thereof, research was conducted in 5 secondary schools in the Breyten Circuit, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. A phenomenological qualitative approach was used to gather data from a purposeful sample of members of School Governing Bodies from selected secondary schools in the Breyten Circuit. The purpose was to explore the impact of parental involvement on effective secondary school governance in the Breyten Circuit. The findings revealed that many parents did not take their role seriously due to poor educational levels and the lack of training and familiarity with the legislation embodied in the Act. This compromised their ability to govern schools. Based on the findings, recommendations are made for improvement of practice.

Citation:Nhlabati, Mzungezi Nelson (2015) The impact of parent involvement on effective secondary school governance in the Breyten Circuit of Mpumalanga, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/21693>

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